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If they ever do a Reboot/Remake.

posted 11 years ago by bond_98
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I Hope they don't have The Shadow/Lamont Cranston sitting in his secret headquarters crying over his dead girlfriend for 8 years.

[–] war-path 11 years ago

I would love to direct a movie series about The Shadow and explore every grim and gritty detail of him and his world. If people love the new Batman movies, wait'll they get a load of the Shadow in his uncompromising true self. He inspired the creation of Batman, for cryin' out loud.

[–] leesilm 11 years ago

I generally do not like remakes, especially of movies I think were excellent the first time around. However, if they did a remake of this, I would hope they kept with what made the Baldwin version great, and also keep with what made it so well liked by the same audience as Batman.

"There is still hope."-Arwen

[–] TheSolarSailor 11 years ago

Rather than remake this film, how about re-adapting the source material? There is a difference, you know. I'd like to see an adaptation of the early Shadow pulp stories, where The Shadow really is Kent Allard, though this revelation came way later as for a long time not even the reader knew who The Shadow really was. He certainly wasn't Lamont Cranston, who was instead a separate character whom the Shadow would impersonate whenever Cranston left town. At one point, Cranston was threatened by The Shadow that he would assume his identity permanently if he interfered with his use of the Cranston identity from time to time. This was just one of his many disguises and alternate identities. I think a new movie could have a lot of fun with that.

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